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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Litsey, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Litsey and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Litsey:
- 37.769402, -85.192732
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Litsey
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Washington County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Since Litsey is near Nelson County and also Marion County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Nelson County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marion County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Litsey
Curious and Interesting Names Near Litsey ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Battle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Battle is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Battle
- Bearwallow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bearwallow is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bearwallow
- Booker
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Chaplin
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Croakes
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Croakes is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Croakes
- Jenkinsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jimtown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Jimtown is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
- Mackville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Maud
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Maud is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maud
- Pleasant Grove
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Texas
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Texas is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texas
- Valley Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Valley Hill is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Hill
- Woodlawn
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn is located in Nelson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn
How Far From Litsey to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Litsey to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Litsey and extending to:
- Springfield, which is the Seat of Washington County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Frankfort, which is the State Capital of Kentucky, lies 34 miles [54.7 km]<2> to the north northeast (NNE). If you could walk a straight line from Litsey to Frankfort, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of two days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take just about two full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 448 miles [721 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of a day, a buggy would take 18 days and walking would take 26 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,284 miles [10,113.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,005 miles [11,273.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,880 miles [7,853.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Litsey) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Litsey to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Litsey. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 37.7694, Longitude: -85.1927 In this case, the coordinates for Litsey have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.851 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.934 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.587 degrees. |
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